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#59 All-time worldwide
#2 1997 releases

Movie profile

The Lion King Broadway Musical

1997 · 150 min · Box Office Data

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Financial performance

Reference figures based on available reported data.
Worldwide gross $1.00B
Budget $15.0M
Gross minus budget $985.0M
ROI 66.67x

Domestic gross

$400.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

International gross

$600.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Opening weekend

$112.0M

Estimated from worldwide gross

Ranking context

Where The Lion King Broadway Musical ranks

Positioned across the all-time chart, release year, studio, franchise and genre indexes where enough mapped data exists.
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All-time worldwide #59 All-time chart position of 12,922 titles Compared with every rankable movie in the current worldwide dataset. 1997 releases #2 Release-year chart position of 246 titles Ranked against movies released in 1997.

Nearby worldwide ranks

Comparable titles immediately around this movie by reported worldwide gross.

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Quick answer

How did The Lion King Broadway Musical (1997) perform at the box office?

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The Lion King Broadway Musical (1997) earned a reported $1.00B worldwide against a reported $15.0M production budget. Its gross-minus-budget figure is about $985.0M. The current gross-to-budget multiple is 66.67x. In this database it currently ranks #59 in the current all-time worldwide chart set and #2 among 1997 releases.

Worldwide gross
$1,000,000,000
Budget
$15,000,000
Gross minus budget
$985,000,000
ROI
66.67x
Source: FilmDB. Last updated: Jul 13, 2026. Gross-minus-budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and later home/streaming revenue.

Synopsis

Story

This broadway musical The Lion King is a globally acclaimed stage musical adapted from Disney's 1994 animated film The Lion King.

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Why this movie matters

Released in 1997, The Lion King Broadway Musical is positioned in this dataset as a movie title. Its box office profile shows that available worldwide gross is $1.00B, reported production budget is $15.0M, gross-minus-budget is $985.0M, ROI is 66.67x. For comparison, it currently sits #59 all-time in the current chart set and #2 among 1997 releases. Streaming availability should be checked against the selected United States region because provider rights can change.

AI-generated contextual summary based on available movie, genre, ranking and box office data. It does not replace official distributor notes or financial reporting.
Data noteGross minus budget is not studio net profit. It excludes marketing, distribution fees, revenue splits, tax incentives and downstream revenue. Domestic, international and opening weekend figures marked as estimated are modelled estimates.